IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): VERHALEN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976NM017021
  • User Pedon ID: S1976NM017021
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976NM017021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1156
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34765
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 32.1645737
  • Std. Longitude: -108.5367279
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: South of I-10 and the Santa Fe Railroad.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM017—Grant
  • MLRA: 42B—Southern Rio Grande Rift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM662—Grant County, New Mexico, Central and Southern Parts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32108-B5—Muir Ranch, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.D. Nettleton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Mollic Torrerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - VERHALEN
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Verhalen
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: bolson
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PLMU3

    PLMU3

    PROSO

    YUCCA

    YUCCA

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Prosopis

    Yucca

    Yucca

    tobosagrass

    tobosagrass

    mesquite

    yucca

    yucca

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

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    180

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose, moderately sticky; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08767
    A12—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08768
    B1—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08769
    B21—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong medium prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08770
    B22—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08771
    B3—64 to 104 centimeters (25.2 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08772
    C1ca—104 to 137 centimeters (40.9 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08773
    C2ca—137 to 163 centimeters (53.9 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; massive; loose; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A08774